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Obama and Cameron joke about EU institutions

US president Barack Obama said in the years he's been in office he had the chance to learn a bit about the European Commission and the EU council, but that he still mixes them up sometimes. British PM David Cameron at a joint press conference said: "Welcome to the club."

Britain wants to negotiate with Brussels the end date of the Brexit transition period - without saying what their preferred end date would be. The UK's position paper disagrees with the EU on other key points too.